diff --git a/netstack/src/scheme/netcfg/mod.rs b/netstack/src/scheme/netcfg/mod.rs
index deb626b9d9..95635146fb 100644
--- a/netstack/src/scheme/netcfg/mod.rs
+++ b/netstack/src/scheme/netcfg/mod.rs
@@ -106,6 +106,40 @@ fn mk_root_node(
     observer: ObserverRef,
 ) -> CfgNodeRef {
     cfg_node! {
+        "summary" => {
+            ro [devices, route_table, socket_set, ip_forward] || {
+                let mut out = String::new();
+                let devs = devices.borrow();
+                let eth0 = devs.get("eth0");
+                let lo = devs.get("loopback");
+                let eth_state = eth0.map(|d| d.link_state()).unwrap_or("missing");
+                let lo_state = lo.map(|d| d.link_state()).unwrap_or("missing");
+                out.push_str(&format!("interfaces: eth0={} lo={}\n", eth_state, lo_state));
+                out.push_str(&format!("routes: {}\n", route_table.borrow().len()));
+                let set = socket_set.borrow();
+                let mut tcp = 0u32; let mut udp = 0u32; let mut icmp = 0u32; let mut raw = 0u32;
+                for (_handle, socket) in set.iter() {
+                    match socket {
+                        smoltcp::socket::Socket::Tcp(_) => tcp += 1,
+                        smoltcp::socket::Socket::Udp(_) => udp += 1,
+                        smoltcp::socket::Socket::Icmp(_) => icmp += 1,
+                        smoltcp::socket::Socket::Raw(_) => raw += 1,
+                        _ => {}
+                    }
+                }
+                out.push_str(&format!("sockets: {} (tcp={} udp={} icmp={} raw={})\n",
+                    tcp + udp + icmp + raw, tcp, udp, icmp, raw));
+                out.push_str(&format!("ip_forward: {}\n",
+                    if ip_forward.get() { "1" } else { "0" }));
+                if let Some(dev) = eth0 {
+                    let s = dev.statistics();
+                    out.push_str(&format!("eth0 stats: rx={}/{} tx={}/{} err={}/{} drop={}/{}\n",
+                        s.rx_bytes, s.rx_packets, s.tx_bytes, s.tx_packets,
+                        s.rx_errors, s.tx_errors, s.rx_dropped, s.tx_dropped));
+                }
+                out
+            }
+        },
         "capture" => {
             "enable" => {
                 wo [observer] (Option<()>, None)